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Top rhymes for songwriters

Words that rhyme with shining.

What rhymes with shining?

These rhymes are specially chosen by our unique songwriting rhyming dictionary to give you the best songwriting rhymes. These aren't always perfect rhymes – we show you rhymes that are singable, useful words for your song.

  • trying
  • crying
  • lying
  • dying
  • driving
  • fighting
  • riding
  • flying
  • hiding
  • rising
  • lightning
  • smiling
  • climbing
  • finding
  • writing
  • timing
  • rhyming
  • lighting
  • blinding
  • diving
  • buying
  • guiding
  • grinding
  • reminding
  • striking
  • exciting
  • drying
  • surviving
  • denying
  • biting

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Perfect rhymes for shining

  • defining
  • lining
  • streamlining
  • reclining
  • pining
  • declining
  • combining
  • undermining
  • designing
  • refining
  • whining
  • underlining
  • signing
  • mining
  • confining
  • brining
  • opining
  • resigning
  • dining
  • assigning
  • wining
  • splining
  • intertwining
  • realigning
  • redefining
  • fining
  • redlining
  • aligning
  • quarantining
  • divining
  • seining
  • outlining
  • headlining
  • steining
  • outshining
  • chining
  • reassigning
  • redesigning
  • affining
  • breining
  • sining
  • twining
  • vanhyning
  • vining
  • xining


Near rhymes for shining

Near rhymes work great for songwriting, often giving a more interesting feel than perfect rhymes.


Want to know what rhymes with shining?

Looking up rhymes for "shining" is easy. Finding rhymes that work in a song is harder—so we curated rhyming words built for songwriters.

Whether you're drafting a hook, a verse, or a pre-chorus, the right rhyme can unlock the next line. Use these to spark ideas fast.

Use Chorus as your co-writer when you need the next line.These are just a few songwriting rhymes from Chorus. Unlock the full rhyming dictionary and more creative tools in the app.


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